CVE-2025-49827 is a critical vulnerability affecting CyberArk Conjur OSS versions 1.19.5-1.22.0 and Secrets Manager, Self-Hosted versions 13.1-13.6. An attacker can manipulate AWS signed headers to redirect authentication validation requests, bypassing the IAM authenticator and gaining unauthorized permissions. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), this vulnerability has a network attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating high awareness. Patches are available in Conjur OSS 1.22.1 and Secrets Manager, Self-Hosted 13.5.1 and 13.6.1.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 1.19.5, < 1.22.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cyberark:conjur:*:*:*:*:open_source:*:*:* | ||
>= 13.1, < 13.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cyberark:conjur:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.